Windows 10 Security: Change Your Password to A PIN, Says Microsoft

Log into your computer with a PIN number rather than a password An update Microsoft has been heralding for the Windows 10 is the passwordless sign-in. Here, you won’t be able to… Read More

How To Switch Your Personal Computing From Windows To Linux

About ten years ago I was trying to help my uncle to reduce the IT costs of running his small home based office. His computer was old and Windows 98 was running… Read More

Fixing Search Issues In Windows

Help Windows find what you are looking for   The search function in Windows  is very useful. Not everyone remembers where a file, photo, video, documents, etc, are stored on their computer.… Read More

Change Your Windows Explorer Quick Access and Recent Files Settings

Do you want Windows to mind it’s own business?   Do you hate it when Windows thinks it knows what’s best for you? When you go into File Explorer you might have… Read More

Windows and Education: How Microsoft Windows Makes Students Life Easier?

Let Windows Teach You Something   Modern classrooms expand their capacities using the latest technologies. Indeed, today’s students are creators of tomorrow, and technology is their “native language.” Using various digital tools,… Read More

Use Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10 & 11

You might have noticed when you upgraded to Windows 10 or 11, assuming you were on an older version of Windows to begin with that many of built in programs you used… Read More

Windows Storage Management and Cleanup

Time For Some Windows Spring Cleaning!   Windows comes with many new features that previous versions of windows didn’t have. One of those features is the Windows Settings interface where you can… Read More

3 Ways to Disable Automatic File Compression in Windows

Keep Those Files Uncompressed! File compression is a process used by operating systems to make files smaller by compressing them to save space. This can be used when you are running low… Read More

Active Directory Group Types

Get to Know Your Active Directory Groups Microsoft Active Directory is a directory service that is used on Windows domains and comes included with the Windows Server operating system and has been… Read More

Windows ReFS (Resilient File System)

Will the New Microsoft ReFS Replace NTFS? Anyone who uses a computer knows what a file is… hopefully! Files can be anything from Word documents to pictures to program executables to Windows… Read More
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